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Maldives marine life
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Field guide

Maldives marine life.

30 species you can meet beneath the surface — what each one is, where to find it across the atolls, and when to go.

Rays5

Blotched fantail ray
VU

Blotched fantail ray

Taeniurops meyeni

Year-round

Giant oceanic manta ray
EN

Giant oceanic manta ray

Mobula birostris

Variable / opportunistic

Reef manta ray
VU

Reef manta ray

Mobula alfredi

SW monsoon May–Nov; Hanifaru peak Jul–Sep

Spinetail devil ray
EN

Spinetail devil ray

Mobula mobular

Plankton season (with mantas)

Spotted eagle ray
EN

Spotted eagle ray

Aetobatus ocellatus

Year-round

Sharks11

Blacktip reef shark
VU

Blacktip reef shark

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Year-round

Grey reef shark
EN

Grey reef shark

Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos

Year-round; best on incoming current

Oceanic whitetip shark
CR

Oceanic whitetip shark

Carcharhinus longimanus

Opportunistic

Pelagic thresher
EN

Pelagic thresher

Alopias pelagicus

Year-round at Fuvahmulah; best Jan–Apr

Scalloped hammerhead
CR

Scalloped hammerhead

Sphyrna lewini

Rasdhoo peak Dec–Mar; Fuvahmulah more year-round

Silky shark
VU

Silky shark

Carcharhinus falciformis

Opportunistic

Silvertip shark
VU

Silvertip shark

Carcharhinus albimarginatus

Year-round (current-dependent)

Tawny nurse shark
VU

Tawny nurse shark

Nebrius ferrugineus

Year-round

Tiger shark
NT

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Year-round at Fuvahmulah

Whale shark
EN

Whale shark

Rhincodon typus

Year-round in South Ari

Whitetip reef shark
VU

Whitetip reef shark

Triaenodon obesus

Year-round

Turtles2

Green turtle
VU

Green turtle

Chelonia mydas

Year-round; nesting Jun–Sep

Hawksbill turtle
CR

Hawksbill turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

Year-round; nesting peaks Jun–Sep

Reef fish6

Bluestripe snapper
LC

Bluestripe snapper

Lutjanus kasmira

Year-round

Dogtooth tuna
LC

Dogtooth tuna

Gymnosarda unicolor

Year-round

Giant trevally
LC

Giant trevally

Caranx ignobilis

Year-round; surface action best NE Nov–Apr

Great barracuda
LC

Great barracuda

Sphyraena barracuda

Year-round

Napoleon (humphead) wrasse
EN

Napoleon (humphead) wrasse

Cheilinus undulatus

Year-round

Oriental sweetlips
LC

Oriental sweetlips

Plectorhinchus vittatus

Year-round

Dolphins & birds3

Bottlenose dolphin
NT

Bottlenose dolphin

Tursiops truncatus / aduncus

Year-round

Great frigatebird
LC

Great frigatebird

Fregata minor

Year-round; roosts at Olhugiri

Spinner dolphin
LC

Spinner dolphin

Stenella longirostris

Year-round; afternoon trips best

Macro life3

Frogfish

Frogfish

Antennariidae

Year-round

Leaf scorpionfish

Leaf scorpionfish

Taenianotus triacanthus

Year-round

Nudibranchs

Nudibranchs

Various

Year-round

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